In 2015 Ghost Hollow Consulting celebrated 20 years in business. During that time along with 18 years of dairy herd management, I have witnessed many advances in dairy nutrition. In the 70’s, TMR mixers allowed for a more uniform diet. In the mid 80’s, the value of...

There are so many numbers thrown around in the dairy industry that are used to evaluate the performance of the herd. Of course, milk production is the most widely used indicator. It is easily available every day and is critical to the profitability of the dairy....

Ghost Hollow Consulting is celebrating our 20th Anniversary this year! We would like to thank dairymen everywhere for allowing us to be a part of this exciting and vital industry. We look forward to bringing more cutting edge nutrition and management consulting to the...

The absolute hardest part of solving a problem is figuring out what the actual problem is in the first place. Transition is poor, is it the ration, the feeder, not enough days in the close-up pen, overcrowding or something else? Each of these answers requires a...

In many areas of life we reach plateaus. Whether it’s weight loss, fitness, our spiritual life, our career, our hobbies or many other aspects of our life. We get stuck and feel this may be the best we can do. Dairies definitely aren’t immune to this phenomenon....

There has been a lot written and discussed about increasing the digestibility of starch in dairy diets, and for good reason. Starch comprises, on the average 25% of most dairy rations. Increasing the amount of starch digested in the rumen and available to produce...